Class Notes 2013

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INDEX:

• SEPTEMBER

• OCTOBER

• NOVEMBER

• DECEMBER

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Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014 What Is Reading?

Classwork	Homework
What is reading? (Slideshow) Day 1 What is reading.pptx Details Download 321 KB Syllabus Organizer EDC 4232013 OrganColor2.isf Details Download 85 KB	Write acrostic poem on wiki homepage Read Cornett, Chapter 1 Complete NGT Reflection 1 on discussion board

The Factors That Affect Reading Comprehension: Ideas generated during class

READER		TEXT	TASK/ACTIVITY	TEACHER/TEACHING	SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT
XYZ		XYZ	XYZ	XYZ	XYZ

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Tuesday, September 10 - What is Reading Comprehension?

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Classwork	Homework
Case Study: Anna - Problems, questions, and next steps Discussion:Bottom up, top-down, and interactive models of reading comprehension Where do comprehension difficulties come from? Slideshow from Class: Day 1 What is reading.pptx Details Download 321 KB	Read Cornett Chapter 2 NGT Reflection 2 NGT#2 FA2013 Comprehension Problem Solving.docx Details Download 75 KB

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Thursday, September 12 and Tuesday, September 16:

Text-Based Discussions and Comprehension as Problem Solving

Classwork	Homework
Slideshow from Class, Sept. 12: Day 3 Text Discussions & CPS FA2013.pptx Details Download 146 KB Slideshow from Class, Sept. 16: Day 4 Text Discussions & CPS FA2013.pptx Details Download 124 KB Additional Resource: Comprehension Instruction Through Text-Based Discussion (Kucan & Palinscar, 2013) Free Guide	Sept. 12: Read Cornett, Ch. 4 Sept. 14: Read Cornett, Ch. 3 Book Activity 1: Comprehension Self-Assessment BA1 Comp Self-assessment.docx Details Download 132 KB

Thursday, September 19 What learning contexts support classroom literacy communities?

Classwork	Homework
Slideshow from Class Day 5 Essential Questions.pptx Details Download 2 MB Additional resource: Baltimore County Public Schools (Inquiry Units Grades K-6) Student Blogging Challenge (Learning through Blogging) National Geographic Explorer Website: Pioneer and Pathfinder Editions	Read Cornett, Ch. 6 (Motivation) Sweet & Guthrie (1996) Sweet Guthrie 1996.pdf Details Download 687 KB NGT Reflection 3 NGT#3 Motivation.docx Details Download 72 KB Select a Nat Geo article and consider "Main Idea" and "Big Idea"

Tuesday, September 24 What practices motivate students to want to read?

Classwork

Homework

Slideshow from Class Day 6 Motivation Slides.ppt Details Download 7 MB Concept Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) Expert Interview with Dr. John Guthrie Video of 3rd graders studying weather in the CORI Program Reading Rainbow: Bugs (Part 1) Digital Resources to Inspire Inquiry and Engaged Reading Yuckiest Site on the Internet Fact Monster Kids.gov Maths Dictionary for Kids National Geographic Explorer Website: Pioneer and Pathfinder Editions Wonderopolis: Where the wonders of learning never cease... Interesting questions and a video to inspire reading and learning. An example: Why do ants think they are invited to picnics? How one intermediate grades teacher uses Wonderopolis in her classroom Readability: Customize websites for your students' visual reading needs

Brainstorm Book Launch Ideas to share in class on Thursday - National Geographic Website to all issues Extra Credit: Motivating Websites

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Teacher, Context, and Task: Explicit Instruction, B-D-A reading, and Launching a Text

CLASSWORK

HOMEWORK

Slideshow from Class Day 7 BDA Coiro FA2013.pptx Details Download 5 MB Launching a text: Oil Spill example

Understanding the Challenges of Expository Texts - see directions for NGT 4 assignment Read the three short articles [(Cornett, p. 136-144; Moss, 2004 and Wixson, 2008) and type a 1-2 page synthesis that explains: (1) Why are expository texts harder to comprehend than narrative texts? and (2) What features in particular make expository texts so challenging to read? The Student Strategy Interview Assignment is NOT DUE UNTIL Oct. 15, but please preview the assignment, get started soon, and let me know if you have questions.

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